William edexboelsr



(No Model.)

W. EDENBORN.

BARB FOR WIRE FENGES..

Patented June 3,1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EDENBORN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BARB FOR WIRE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,763, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed September 26, 1883. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM EnnNBoRN, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement inBarbs for Wire Fences, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had' to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedbarb, showing it secured to two main wires. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe other side of the barb. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of a piecebefore the barb is finished. Figs. 4 and 5 are transverse sectionstaken, respectively, on lines 4 4 and 5.5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlargedperspective view partly formed. My invention relates to a wire barbhaving three points; and my invention consists in a three-pointed barbmade from a blank cut in the form of a rhomboid, consisting of twopieces of wire connected together by a thin web at one end, one end ofone of the wires being bent to make the points project in differentdirections, and to attach the barb to the main wire or wires. I

Referring to the drawings, A and B represent the two wires of the barb,connected at one end by a thin web, 0. In practice two wires would beformed with athin web connecting them throughout, as shown and describedin my application for Letters Patent of the United States No. 84,047,filed February 5, 1883, and then they would be cut up into pieces in theform of rhomboids of the proper length for barbs, the two wires of oneend of each piece being then divided by cutting a slit or open slot, 0,in the web, as shown in Fig. 3. Diagonal cuts are made in cutting offthe rhomboid-shaped blanks, so that the piece at the end where the twowires are joined is pointed, as shown, and for the further purpose ofhaving one of the wires at the divided end of the piece longer than theother, so that it will have sufficient length to be bent around one ormore rnaifi wires, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. I thus form out of twowires a good and rigid three-pointed barb, which is made fast to one ormore main wires by a simple twist of one end of one of its wires.

The barb is cheap and strong. It can be quickly made, and it requiresbut little power and cheap machinery to-apply it to the main wire orwires.

I claim 1. A barbblank in the form of a rhomboid, having a longitudinalslot extending from one end toward the center, substantially asdescribed.

2. A three-pointed barb-blank in the shape of a rhomboid, consisting oftwo pieces of wire connected together by a thin web at one end, as setforth.

3. Athree-pointed barb formed of two pieces of wire connected togetherat one end by a thin web, and having one of its points bent around toform a loop to surround a main wire, and at right angles to the body ofthe barb, as set forth.

WILLIAM EDENBORN.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT.

